Pep Guardiola said he is “embarrassed and ashamed” after a skirmish with a cameraman following Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat by Newcastle United on Saturday. The City head coach was pictured lifting the Sky Sports cameraman’s headphones and speaking to him as the operator filmed him on the pitch at the end of the game at…
Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze stole the spotlight with a superb hat-trick in the Premier League leaders’ demolition of Tottenham. Troubled champions Liverpool’s wretched season hit a new low in a loss to Nottingham Forest, while Chelsea are emerging as Arsenal’s main rivals. AFP Sport looks at three talking points from the weekend’s action: Arsenal have title…
Paramount is set to win the rights to broadcast the majority of Champions League games in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Sources briefed on the bidding process indicate the streaming giant — which already holds the rights to screen Europe’s premier men’s club competition in the United States — is the preferred…
A FORMER Premier League star is facing bankruptcy after a multi-million pound court clash with his brother. Steve Finnan, who won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, ended up embroiled in a decade-long battle with sibling Sean. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! Steve Finnan is facing bankruptcyCredit: PA:Press Association The former…
Could a club from Africa be playing in La Liga next season? AD Ceuta — from the autonomous Spanish city of the same name, which is surrounded on the landward side by Morocco and located on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea — are the only club located on the African continent who play…
Watching live sport on TV has arguably never been more accessible than it is today. The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world and is broadcast in more than 180 countries globally. Whether you are in the United Kingdom, the United States or Uzbekistan, and just about anywhere else you can think…
When Lamine Yamal was withdrawn from international duty earlier this week, it sparked another flashpoint in tensions between Barcelona and the Spanish FA. Those tensions first surfaced back in September, when Barca manager Hansi Flick accused Spain of “not protecting” the 18-year-old forward, who played through two World Cup qualifiers that month despite discomfort from…
Arsenal’s defense of its Women’s Champions League title is not going to plan after a second-half collapse against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Arsenal wasted an early two-goal lead as Bayern surged back to win 3-2 at Allianz Arena, handing the visitors their second loss in three games in Europe’s elite club competition. Advertisement “It’s not…
Bayern Munich overturned a two-goal deficit to stun holders Arsenal 3-2 in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday, as Manchester United downed Paris Saint-Germain on a memorable night at Old Trafford. Emily Fox’s early header and Mariona Caldentey’s 23rd-minute shot from the edge of the box appeared to have put Arsenal in total control in…
Turkish football was already reeling from the betting scandal that implicated hundreds of their match officials last month. Now, it is the turn of the players to be at the centre of the storm, after 1,024 of them were suspended by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) as part of the same investigation. In a statement,…